In its report, New York-based Human Rights Watch documents 234 cases which the group says represent serious abuse by US-trained marines and other security forces in several Mexican states.
Showing posts with label police brutality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label police brutality. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Police launch "brutal" operation in Bahrain-Bahrain Crackdown: Riot police storm protest camp on Manama Pearl Square-Night of violence in Bahrain
Monday, October 18, 2010
NY police chief calls death of Danroy Henry a 'truly tragic situation'
The police chief whose officers were involved in the fatal shooting of Easton native Danroy Henry today called the Pace University student's death a "truly tragic situation.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Police release shocking CCTV video of officer inflicting water torture on suspect
Shocking video footage of a 'cowardly' Australian police officer abusing detainees has been released.
Ben Price is first shown throwing a 21-year-old woman to the floor, then pulling her up by her hair.
The ex-Queensland police officer is then shown committing an horrific five-minute assault on a 23-year-old man.
Price can be seen punching and kneeing a bleeding, handcuffed Timothy Steele, 23, in May 25, 2008.
He puts Mr Steele in a brutal spine lock and leaves the commercial diver with a broken nose and two blackened eyes, cuts and bruising to the face.
Other police officers look on - but none intervene - as Price stuffs a running fire hose into his victim's mouth, nearly drowning him.
Ben Price is first shown throwing a 21-year-old woman to the floor, then pulling her up by her hair.
The ex-Queensland police officer is then shown committing an horrific five-minute assault on a 23-year-old man.
Price can be seen punching and kneeing a bleeding, handcuffed Timothy Steele, 23, in May 25, 2008.
He puts Mr Steele in a brutal spine lock and leaves the commercial diver with a broken nose and two blackened eyes, cuts and bruising to the face.
Other police officers look on - but none intervene - as Price stuffs a running fire hose into his victim's mouth, nearly drowning him.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Second night of LA clashes after immigrant killed-Report: officer involved in previous shootings
Los Angeles riot police arrested 22 protestors and fired rubber bullets in a second night of clashes after a Guatemalan immigrant was shot dead in a confrontation with officers, officials said early Wednesday.
Angry mostly Hispanic demonstrators hurled rocks, bottles and eggs at the local police station in the MacArthur Park area near downtown Los Angeles, according to an AFP photographer on the scene.
Those arrested were detained on charges including unlawful assembly and failing to disperse after the violence, said Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer Karen Rayner.
Protestors in LA burned mattresses and other rubbish
Los Angeles Police close 6th Street Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, in Los Angeles as protestors rally over the death of a Guatemalan immigrant killed by Los Angeles police Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010
A man holds up a Guatemala flag while asking a question at a community meeting in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck has been greeted by boos, whistles and chants of 'justicia!' by an angry crowd at a community meeting intended to calm residents after the fatal police shooting of a knife-wielding man.
Angry mostly Hispanic demonstrators hurled rocks, bottles and eggs at the local police station in the MacArthur Park area near downtown Los Angeles, according to an AFP photographer on the scene.
Those arrested were detained on charges including unlawful assembly and failing to disperse after the violence, said Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer Karen Rayner.
Protestors in LA burned mattresses and other rubbish
Los Angeles Police close 6th Street Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, in Los Angeles as protestors rally over the death of a Guatemalan immigrant killed by Los Angeles police Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010
A man holds up a Guatemala flag while asking a question at a community meeting in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck has been greeted by boos, whistles and chants of 'justicia!' by an angry crowd at a community meeting intended to calm residents after the fatal police shooting of a knife-wielding man.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Shocking footage of police 'torturing' naked and screaming suspect causes outrage in Philippines
A number of police officers in the Philippines have been relieved of their duties after a TV station aired footage allegedly showing them torturing a naked detainee.
The detained man is believed to be a suspected thief caught in Manila's Tondo slum district, according to ABS-CBN TV, which said it obtained the cell phone footage from an unidentified informer.
The man's fate and when the video was taken were unclear.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Thailand toughens stand against spiraling protests
Thailand took a tough stand against anti-government protesters on Sunday, rejecting demands for U.N.-supervised talks and calling on their leaders to surrender on the fourth day of deadly clashes with troops.
The government doused hopes of a compromise to end fighting that has killed at least 31 people, all civilians, and wounded 230, transforming one of Asia's most dynamic cities into a battleground and raising the risk of a broader conflict.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Police open fire in Kathmandu protest against Maoist guerrillas
Flashpoint: Police fired warning shots at a crowd of 20,000 who were protesting an enforced six-day general strike
Weight of support: The 20,000 protesters were backed by the U.S. which has called for the strike to be aborted
Clashes: Friends carry an injured man away for treatment after he suffered a head wound during scuffles over the strike, enforced by the country's Maoists
Violence: Protesters flee the riot police wielding long batons and shields
Police used tear gas to break up the crowd of protesters
Police in Kathmandu fired warning shots today as thousands of protesters gathered in Nepal's capital to demand an end to a crippling general strike imposed by former communist guerrillas seeking the government's resignation.
The crowd of 20,000 - including doctors, lawyers, business executives, singers, teachers, and labourers - demanded a halt to the six-day strike that has shut down transportation, businesses and schools in Kathmandu and other cities.
It was the largest protest against the Maoist-imposed strike since it began on Sunday.
The Maoists want Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to resign and hand power over to a Maoist-led administration. The government has said it won't bow to the demands.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Lawsuits target AZ law amid calls for boycotts
While the new Arizona immigration law drew protests, news conferences and court lawsuits, a drop house was raided by the Arizona Department of Public Safety along with other law enforcement jurisdictions including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, yielding nine suspected illegal immigrants, shown here, and three suspected human smugglers Thursday, April 29, 2010, in Phoenix
Suspected illegal immigrants are detained by law enforcement officials in Phoenix after a drop house was raided Thursday, April 29, 2010. Police said there were nine illegal immigrants and three suspected human smugglers in this raid.
Suspected human smugglers are detained by law enforcement officials in Phoenix after a drop house was raided Thursday, April 29, 2010. Police said there were nine illegal immigrants and three suspected human smugglers in this raid.
Backlash against a new Arizona law cracking down on illegal immigration is broadening from the political arena as opponents file lawsuits, entertainers and other countries denounce the measure and protesters chant for a boycott of the state at an Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game in Chicago.
A lawsuit from 15-year Tucson police veteran Martin Escobar was one of three filed Thursday, less than a week after Republican Gov. Jan Brewer signed the bill that critics claim is unconstitutional and fear will lead to racial profiling.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has said the federal government may challenge the law, which requires local and state law enforcement to question people about their immigration status if there's reason to suspect they're in the country illegally, and makes it a state crime to be in the United States illegally.
Brewer and other backers say the state law is necessary because of the federal government's failure to secure the border and growing anxiety over crime related to illegal immigration.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Myanmar opposition party to boycott elections
The party of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi decided Monday to boycott the military-ruled country's first election in two decades after the Nobel laureate blasted new electoral rules as "undemocratic."
The main opposition National League for Democracy's refusal to participate would undermine the polls' credibility in the eyes of foreign governments, which have urged the diplomatically isolated junta to ensure all groups take part in the elections.
The military, which has run Myanmar since 1962, has touted this year's elections as part of a "roadmap to democracy," but a number of rules would prevent Suu Kyi herself from participating. The pro-democracy icon has spent 14 of the last 20 years in jail or under house arrest.
Suu Kyi's party won the last election held in Myanmar in 1990 by a landslide but was barred by the military from taking power.
On Monday, her party's spokesman, Nyan Win, announced after a daylong meeting that all 113 delegates present had agreed that the party should not register for the elections.
Cheering could be heard from the delegates as they concluded their meeting.
Nyan Win said the central committee members decided not to register because — as noted in a message sent to them by Suu Kyi — the electoral laws enacted by the junta "are unfair and unjust."
Her message also called stipulations in the law "undemocratic."
Nyan Win did not elaborate, but the party had previously objected to a provision of the party registration law that requires parties to expel members who have criminal convictions, or face deregistration.
Because Suu Kyi was convicted last year of allowing an unregistered guest to stay at her home, the provision would appear not to allow her to be a member of the National League for Democracy, which she helped found.
Suu Kyi is still general-secretary of the party and its most dominant figure.
The new election laws require political parties to register before the first week in May. Parties that do not register will not be able to participate in this year's election and will cease to exist, under rules enacted this month by the military government that also bar Suu Kyi from participating in the polls.
No date has been set for the polls, which critics deride as a sham designed to cement the power of the military.
Even before the official decision, party spokesman Nyan Win indicated the party would decide not to register. Asked if that would marginalize the party, he said, "We will continue to exist politically by not registering. If we register, we will only have a name void of all political essence."
"We will survive as long as we have public support," Nyan Win said.
Security was heightened, with plainclothes police and pro-government security guards stationed around the party's compound as the delegates met Monday in Yangon.
"This meeting is a life-or-death issue. If we don't register, we will not have a party and we will be without legs and limbs," said Win Tin, a veteran party member and one of Myanmar's longest-serving political prisoners, having spent 19 years behind bars before his release in 2008.
He said the journey ahead would be difficult if the party chooses to opt out of elections but that its members could still maintain their democratic principles and spirit.
Last week, Suu Kyi was quoted by her lawyer as saying she opposed registering her party. But she stressed she would let the party decide for itself.
Suu Kyi is under house arrest and the new election laws effectively bar her both from running and voting.
Myanmar's biggest opposition party said on Monday it would not register for this year's election, meaning Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's party will have no role in the military-led political process.
The National League for Democracy (NLD) party, which won the last election in 1990 by a landslide but was never allowed to rule, said the entire party leadership had agreed not to run.
"After a unanimous vote of the central executive committee, the NLD party has decided not to register as a political party because the election laws ... are unfair and unjust," the party said in a statement.
The election has been widely dismissed as a sham after nearly five decades of iron-fisted army rule in the former Burma, a strategically situated but isolated country rich with resources like natural gas, timber and gems and a Southeast Asian port.
Senior party members made the decision six days after Suu Kyi, who has spent 15 of the past 21 years in detention, said she "would not dream" of entering if the decision was hers.
The comment was widely interpreted as a veiled instruction to party members as they prepared for a ballot on whether to run.
In comments relayed from her lawyer, Suu Kyi said the NLD was not ruined and vowed to keep up her fight for democracy.
"Registering the party under the unjust and one-sidedly drawn-up laws cannot be accepted," she was quoted as saying.
"I would like to tell the people that I will continue working for the emergence of democracy."
A senior party official had earlier told Reuters some members in favor of running in the election had been urged to vote otherwise to show the party was united.
UNCERTAIN FUTURE
Divisions had emerged in the party between advocates of a boycott and modernizers who believe the NLD would be a spent force if it did not run. However, senior NLD member Win Tin said the party would live on.
"The party will not die," he told Reuters. "We will be among the people, our activities will not stop."
The party faces dissolution if it refuses to register.
After the announcement, party members were in high spirits and chanted slogans to show their support for Suu Kyi, wearing T-shirts bearing her picture.
The NLD is most angered by the military junta's restrictive election laws, which bar current and former prisoners from taking part. Many NLD members are among the 2,100 political detainees in Myanmar, the most famous of whom is Suu Kyi.
After the last election, the junta promised to hand over power to the NLD after a constitution was drafted and a probe launched into the polls. Neither happened and the NLD was never allowed to rule.
Some in Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon, disagreed with the NLD's decision and said the country's best hope for democratic change had played into the hands of the generals.
"I think the NLD has made another major policy blunder," said a retired civil servant, who asked not to be identified.
"They've walked into a trap. They could have pressed on without Suu Kyi and got something out of the election."
Experts say the junta has learned from the botched 1990 election and has drafted a constitution that ensures it will effectively remain in charge, without the need to rig the polls.
The United States and United Nations have not publicly questioned the constitution but have said the election would not be credible if political prisoners could not take part.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Undercover police waved hand gun at kids who throw snowballs at his car.Suspended to desk job.
The police officer's handgun is circle. He waved in front of chanting youngsters
The snowball fight on 14th Street in Washington DC was organised via Facebook
The detective pulls a man out from the crowd and accuses him of hitting his car with snowballs
This is the terrifying moment that an American police detective pulled out his handgun after he was targeted in a snowball fight.
Washington police are investigating the incident, when the off-duty officer drew his gun in the midst of the light-hearted battle.
About 200 people from a Washington D.C. neighbourhood had gathered to brave a snowstorm for a massive snowball fight.
'It was pretty fun,' one unidentified participant told reporters. 'But when the gun came out, it just changed the tone of the thing a little bit.'
The plainclothes officer became angry when his car - a maroon Hummer - was hit by snowballs.
He got out of the SUV and yelled at the crowd, before pulling out his gun and showing it to the crowd.
Eyewitness Matthew Bradley told Washington City Paper: 'We showed up to see a snowball fight already in progress. Two factions along 14th Street along the intersection.
'It was pretty friendly, mostly OK. At one point, there was one interaction with the police that I saw. A cop got stuck in the snow. People stopped and helped him out.
'A couple moments later, at the intersection, there was this big maroon Hummer. A small faction of people decided to target it with snowballs. They're throwing snowballs at the Hummer.
It turns out the driver of the Hummer is a detective. He gets out. He's waving a walkie talkie. It's not going well. Then he starts waving a gun.
'He hadn't identified himself at this point. There was a point where things cooled off a bit, more police showed up, and he identified himself at that point. The name was Detective Baylor.
'There was a point where it got really tense. The experience for many people was snowball fight kind of fun...and then there's a guy with a gun.'
Uniformed police arrived on the scene to investigate reports of a man waving a handgun. The detective only calmed down once his fellow police officers arrived. Later in the incident, the detective went into the crowd and grabbed a man who he thought threw a snowball at him.
Assistant Chief Pete Newsham said: 'We have to see what the entire circumstance was. But just a snowball fight, not in my mind, that doesn't seem a situation where we would pull out a service weapon.'
The officer, who has not been named, has been placed on desk duty pending the results of the investigation.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Black scholar arrest angers President Obama , man arrested in front of own house eafter showing identity even
Prof Henry Louis Gates is a prominent Harvard scholar
The US president has said police acted "stupidly" when they arrested a black Harvard scholar outside his own home.
President Obama said Wednesday night that racial issues still haunt America, even as he noted "the incredible progress that has been made."
Obama was asked at the end of his news conference about the arrest last week of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. outside his home. The incident has sparked a national discussion about race relations.
Obama noted that "Skip Gates is a friend, so I may be a little biased here," and he referred to the professor's account of arriving home to find a jammed door, forcing it open and then being confronted by a white police officer looking for proof that Gates lived in the house. According to Gates's account, he showed the officer his ID and became angry when the officer would not identify himself.
The president said he understands the professor's outrage. If he were trying to "jigger into" his old house in Chicago, Obama said, he would assume that the police would be called on him as well. But once Gates showed his ID, he added, it seemed to him the officer should have considered the issue resolved.
"Now, I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that," Obama said. "But I think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry; number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home."
"What I think we know, separate and apart from this incident, is that there's a long history in this country of African Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. That's just a fact," Obama said Wednesday night. He said he had pushed for the passage of a bill in the Illinois legislature to address the problem.
Obama went on to say that he stood in the White House "as testimony to the progress that's been made."
"And yet the fact of the matter is . . . this still haunts us," he said. "And even when there are honest misunderstandings, the fact that blacks and Hispanics are picked up more frequently, and oftentime for no cause, casts suspicion, even when there is good cause."
During the confrontation between the two men, the 58-year-old professor reportedly said: "This is what happens to black men in America."
His lawyer said Prof Gates had just returned from a trip overseas and, upon arriving at the property with a driver, found his front door jammed and had to force it open.
By the time police arrived at the house, he and the driver had managed to get inside the property.
According to police, Prof Gates shouted at the officer and accused him of racial bias.
Prof Gates has said he was "outraged" by the arrest and called the officer, Sgt James Crowley, a "rogue policeman". Sgt Crowley has refused to apologise.Mr Obama said: "I think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry.
"Number two... the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home."
President Obama: "The Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home"
An initial disorderly conduct charge was dropped and Cambridge police called the arrest "regrettable and unfortunate".
Mr Obama said federal officials should work with local police to "improve policing techniques so that we're eliminating potential bias".
He said that when he was in the Illinois state legislature, he had worked towards a racial profiling bill because there was indisputable evidence that African-Americans and Hispanics were being stopped disproportionately.
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